Czech Republic, Prague Guide (B): The Very Best Viewing Spots Prague Has to Offer

When planning your very first trip to Prague, you’re quite likely to grab a guidebook – the thicker the better. Even more likely you’ll open Google and type in search words, such as ‘best sights Prague’ or ‘best viewing spots Prague’.

No matter which type of sight you’re looking for, on the first pages of your guidebook – and for sure on the first page of Google results – you’ll find the main square of Prague old town, Staroměstské náměstí. You’ll be first suggested to visit the Old Town Hall with its world-famous astronomical clock that is alluring hundreds, if not thousands of tourists with their selfie sticks under the clock every even hour between 9 am and 11 pm.

When all guides, blog posts and travel tip sites are repeating the same phenomena, the stunning spectacle of this magical clock, you’re be tempted to see what’s all the fuss about, right? So were Daniel and me, when we stepped on the wintery streets of Prague for the very first time on a cold and cloudy January day. The closer we got to the even hour, the more tourists were gathering under the clock with their cameras ready. This must be something truly awesome, I thought to myself while shivering next to the Old Town Hall in a light January snowfall. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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